SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschutz advised selling shareholders on the initial public offer-ing of Vapiano SE, a European restaurant chain in the fast casual dining segment.

In the frame of the initial public offering a total of 8 million shares were placed at a price of EUR 23 per share, of which around half originate from a capital increase of the Vapiano SE and half from existing shareholders. The first day of trading in the shares on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime  Standard) was June 27, 2017.

Advisors on the part of SZA Schilling, Zutt und Anschutz were coun sel Philipp von Ploetz (Corporate Law,Frankfurt) and partner Prof. Dr. Stephan Scherer (Private Clients, Mannheim).

For almost a century, Schilling, Zutt & Anschutz has been one of the most reputable German corporate law firms. With more than 75 attorneys, the firm advises domestic and international clients in all areas of corporate and commercial law. The firm's cap-ital markets practice is active as advisor to issuers and banks in domestic and inter-
national transactions, capital markets follow-up obligations and capital markets litiga-tion.